Matthew walker



w. WALKER, s1;

1ron Fence.

No. 11,315. Patented. July 11,1854.

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MATTHEW WALKER, SR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO M. WALKER& SONS.

IRON PICKET-FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 11,315, dated July 11, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW WALKER,

Sr., of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Iron Fences, and that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the principle orcharacter which distinguishes it from allother things before known andof the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is anelevation of the fence. Fig. 2 is a top view of the fence and a sectionof the posts.

My improvement in the construction of iron fences consists in theemployment of a double wrought iron rail prepared in a certain wayhereinafter described so as to embrace the posts or banisters and make afirm light and very cheap fenoean'd at the same time a fence of veryneat appearance.

I am aware that it has been proposed to make an iron fence bysecuringthe posts or banisters between two side rails these rails being bracedapart by studs cast on their inner surfaces, but such a fence and themode of its construction differ essentially from mine and is so clumsyand unsightly as to forbid its use. The two parts or bars a, a, formingmy rails are of wrought iron and are rolled into their present form, the

bends or corrugations b, b, 6, being made by suitable dies so as toembrace and fit the posts or banisters (Z, (Z, and allow these parts tocome fairly together between the posts or banisters. The holes toreceive the rivets e e e for securing these parts firmly The mode hereinset forth of making wrought iron fences the same consisting in acompound rail composed of two bars of wrought iron corrugated by dies:so that the bars shall embrace the posts or banisters at the properintervals and between the same have theirrinner surfaces in contact soas to be riveted up close and make a firmand neat fence. MATTHEW WALKER,SEN. lVitnesses: i

T. CAMPBELL,

E. R. BRO N.

